Traditional Marriage- You want Fries With That?

Hecate does an admirable job of dismantling the wacko right's hoorah over President Obama's admission that he sees nothing wrong with gay 'marriage'.  I would just like to add that were I one of the 'jumped by Jesus' crowd I would be embarrassed by the obvious lack of knowledge and history displayed by these idiots.
'Traditional marriage' as defined by these bible thumpers is a fiction of ignorance and it doesn't matter how many times you repeat the lie it is still untrue. Then again, ignorance is a key component of what these folks deem "Christianity" so we shouldn't be at all surprised by all this.

Good Day Off

I had the day off yesterday and got a lot done. Tilled the rest of the garden(the part that doesn't get good sun until the real summer) and got the cantaloupe and watermelons planted. The pumpkins and some other squash will have to wait until Tuesday when I'm next off. Had to work in a light rain this morning to finish up and plant a fig tree that my friends down the road gave me. It's not looking the least bit happy but maybe it will catch hold.
I also built a bridge over my garden ditch(which diverts the heavy run off from my neighbor around the garden) and it looks pretty good. Now I can roll my carts, tiller, etc. right into the garden and not have to struggle through the ditch...a much needed addition.
I had such an issue with weeds last summer in the melon patch that this year I'm trying a weed block fabric which adds a lot of time to the planting process but maybe it will enable me to find the melons this year. Off to a fun filled Saturday afternoon/evening at the Depot(1:15 - 10:15) let's just keep our fingers crossed that I don't wind up at the returns desk again. Goddess it sucks...I don't mind the "legitimate" returns so much but the "stupid" ones irritate me to no end. One 50 cent switch plate, a couple of extra screws, 20 cinder blocks that weren't needed after all and on and on. I plan my projects down to the last screw and foot of wood and I never have "extra" when the project is done...if anything I need an extra trip for one more piece of something.

Stupid Is As Stupid Does

So North Carolina has decided, like Georgia, to instill discrimination into its constitution. Like Georgia, this just proves that the majority of voters in North Carolina are insane and in a bad way. I like to think that in some not too distant future the voters of Georgia and North Carolina will look back upon this in supreme embarrassment.

Impressed

I sat on the deck tonight while a thunderstorm rolled in from the West. First the light breeze and the smell of moisture. Lightning, a long way off, then closer. Finally the rain and a full fledged rain....cold and clean. I'm impressed.

Super Moon

Be on the lookout for the Super Moon tonight. I'll be getting off about 1015p so there is a good chance I will be able to catch it in all its glory.

The moon will be up to 14 percent bigger and 30 percent brighter than the other full moons of 2012, according to NASA.
It will reach perigee, its closest point to Earth in its elliptical orbit, at 11:34 p.m. ET and become full just a minute later.

Down Day

Kind of a down day today. I got up and went for a haircut at 9am. Made a trip to Home Depot and Trader Joe's for some stuff and that is about it. Thought seriously about going to the gym but just couldn't get motivated enough. Did go to the garden but since we had a good rain this morning it is too wet to get much done. Suckered a few tomatoes and checked on everything...lots of blooms on the tomatoes and quite a few on the peppers. There are even some small ground cherries in place. Worked out there all day yesterday and all the weeding shows....looking good for a few days. Don't have to work until 6pm today until closing at 10p so it is an easy one today. Got to work 3p to 10 tomorrow and Saturdays at the Depot are a zoo. Off Sunday and Monday though  and I'll get the weeds that spring up between now and then on Sunday. I'm mulching like crazy to try and keep them under control and trying to stay ahead of them but I think it rains weed seeds here cause there is a new batch after each rain. BTW we are 4 inches behind on rainfall so far this year and with it this hot this early and so dry we may be in for a scorcher 'Death Valley' summer.

Really depressed about my family of bluebirds that were in the house by the garden. I hadn't seen any activity in a few days so I thought the little ones had fledged. Not so. As usual after the fledging I clean out the house to ready it for another batch as bluebirds won't move into an existing nest and won't build a new one over an old. Found to little bodies inside and it appears that for some reason the parents, who had been doing a great job of feeding just abandoned the nest and left the little ones to starve. They didn't seem to mind my working in the garden in close proximity as they kept up a constant stream of meals whilst I did my work. I sure hope I wasn't to blame. Sometimes Mother Nature makes a sad.

Happy May Day

It's now 6 months before November 1st and beginning of the temporary rule of darkness. Today is May Day and we should all celebrate the ascendance of the light. May the next 6 months allow you to harvest and store the energy necessary to overcome the darkness. May the power of Beltane be with you in the coming months.